One minute they were lined up at a Long Island mall to see a teen singing sensation. The next, they were pushing and shoving in what police are calling a near-riot. The cancelation of the event is blamed on “Justin Bieber fever” – and too little security. Now, a member of the singer’s management team is under arrest, and parents are speaking out, reports CBS station WCBS-TV.

Bieber fan Annie Seiderer, 12, is left with her unsigned CD, and unsavory memories of Friday’s madness. As many as 3,000 teens waited for hours at Roosevelt Field Mall to meet the 15-year-old pop star, then the event was suddenly canceled.

“Everyone started freaking out and pushing together, and that’s when it got really scary,” Seiderer, of Wantagh, said. Caryn Mutino, a Wantagh mother, was injured during the melee, suffering cuts on her head when the crowd pushed her to the ground.

“To get hurt over it, that was ridiculous,” Mutino said. “I touch my face – there is blood all over my face. My girls are crying, my daughter’s hysterical crying.” “She was gushing blood and we needed to call an ambulance,” daughter Courtney Mutino said. “Then they took us out and went to the ambulance.”

The only person arrested was 44-year-old James Roppo, a vice president with Bieber’s record company. He is charged with child endangerment and assault. Police say Roppo failed to cooperate when he was asked to send a message on Twitter to help clear the crowd.

Before you get smug, don’t forget when The Beatles first arrived in the US…of course that WAS the Beatles.

Found by Mr. Fusion.